Mechanisms regulating gamete formation in animals

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Project Area	Mechanisms regulating gamete formation in animals
Project/Area Number	25114001
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Review Section	Biological Sciences
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba (2014-2017) Okazaki Research Facilities, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (2013)
Principal Investigator	Kobayashi Satoru 筑波大学, 生命領域学際研究センター, 教授 (90225508)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	小川毅彦横浜市立大学, 生命医科学研究科, 教授 (50254222) 吉田松生基礎生物学研究所, 生殖細胞研究部門, 教授 (60294138) 松居靖久東北大学, 加齢医学研究所, 教授 (40241575) 吉崎悟朗東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 教授 (70281003) 林克彦九州大学, 医学研究院, 教授 (20287486)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	OHBO KAZUYUKI 横浜市立大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (70250751) OBATA YAYOI 東京農業大学, 応用生物科学部, 教授 (70312907)
Project Period (FY)	2013-06-28 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥71,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥54,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥16,470,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥13,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,150,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥13,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥13,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,150,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥13,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥16,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,870,000)
Keywords	配偶子産生 / 始原生殖細胞 / 配偶子幹細胞 / in vitro配偶子産生 / 遺伝子ネットワーク
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovation Area "Mechanisms regulating gamete formation in animals" aimed to find the regulatory mechanisms of primordial germ cell (PGC) formation and gamete stem cell (GSC) function in diverse animal species. To accomplish this purpose, the researchers using unique organisms, and with different backgrounds, such as in vivo and in vitro analysis, cooperated with each other. This committee encouraged and supported tight interactions within the researchers to establish a novel world-leading research community.